IU Health Bloomington Hospital loses Stroke Certification
The nation’s prestigious Joint Commission, a Health Care Accreditation firm, has stricken IU Health Bloomington as a Gold Star stoke treatment facility. One of the important factors weighing into the accreditation, is the time a patient must wait between arrival at the hospital and the beginning of treatment.
The benefits of such certification are listed as:
- Designation for excellence in the care of stroke patients
- Creates a loyal, cohesive clinical team
- Assists organizations in establishing a consistent approach to care, reducing variation and the risk of error
- Demonstrates commitment to a higher standard of clinical service
- Provides a framework to improve patient outcomes
- Helps to organize teams across the continuum of care
- Provides a competitive edge in the marketplace — supports marketing, contracting and reimbursement
- Enhances the facility’s ability to attract top-level talent
- Strengthens community confidence in the quality and safety of care, treatment and services
- Potential to increase patient volumes due to EMS routing protocols
The Herald Times reported an IU Health spokeswoman responding to the news, retorting that the certification is voluntary, and IU Health Bloomington, “has other stroke certifications and continues to be a leading edge provider of stroke care.”
City of Bloomington publishes mid-year update for the 2022 annual City goals.
A 2022 Mid-year goal summary, Published by the City of Bloomington late last week, reflects fourteen city departments reporting on nineteen individual components of city functions and their corresponding goals. In total, 564 goals were identified for 2022. The Annual City Goals Report and previous reports, including the 2021 Year End Report, are available at bloomington.in.gov/citygoals.
Regional IU campuses reduce costs, barriers to encourage more Hoosiers to attend college
Beginning this month, all IU regional campuses have eliminated the application fee, parking fees, and the per-credit-hour fee for Advance College Project courses for Indiana residents. U.S. residents (both in-state and out-of-state) applying to one of IU’s regional campuses can now do so for free, with the $35 application fee being eliminated. By simply applying, students are automatically considered for some scholarships, which can further reduce the cost of attending school.
Full-time in-state undergraduate students who received gift aid were awarded an average of $7,600 during the 2021-22 academic year, from a combination of IU, federal, state, and private grants and scholarships. The majority of those students used their aid to assist with tuition and fees, which are approximately $8,000. In addition, all students at IU’s regional campuses — IU East, IU Kokomo, IU Northwest, IU Southeast, and IU South Bend — can now park on campus for free. Parking permits will be still be needed but will be available at no cost to students.
For students taking dual-credit courses in Indiana high schools through the Advance College Project, IU is waiving the $25 per-credit-hour fee. These dual-credit programs provide college courses to high school students, giving them both high school and college credit at the same time. Some Advance College Project credit can count toward the Indiana College Core and Indiana College Core certificate that is now being offered by IU’s regional campuses.
The Indiana College Core certificate is available to Indiana high school students who complete 30 hours of coursework across core competencies. While pursuing the educational requirements of the certificate, students will also have additional support from IU, including financial aid education, career development and career exploration.
Students who complete the certificate will not only have a head start on their general education coursework for college but will also have guaranteed admission to any of IU’s regional campuses. And a student who earns the Indiana College Core certificate from one public post-secondary institution in Indiana and later enrolls at another will not be required to complete the Indiana College Core requirements at the second institution.
Each regional campus, as well as IU Bloomington, has an Indiana College Core coordinator who can provide additional information on the certificate as well as the steps for establishing this opportunity at Indiana high schools. For more information about transferring credits and the Indiana College Core at IUPUI, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
This Week in Hoosier History
1898 – Mary Ellen Reynolds was born in Evansville. Under the stage name of Marilyn Miller, she was a dancer, singer, and actress. Hugely popular on Broadway in the 1920s and 1930s, she was a star of the Ziegfeld Follies. Her life story was the basis of the 1949 motion picture entitled Look for the Silver Lining.
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